Abstract
We examined whether configuring, which determines the appearance of grouped elements as a global shape, requires visual awareness, using a priming paradigm and two invisibility-inducing methods, CFS and sandwich masking. The primes were organized into configurations based on closure, collinearity, and symmetry (collinear primes), or on closure and symmetry (noncollinear primes). The prime-target congruency could be in configuration or in elements. During CFS, no significant response-priming was observed for invisible primes. When masking induced invisibility, a significant configuration response-priming was found for collinear and noncollinear primes, visible and invisible, with larger magnitude for the former. An element response-priming of equal magnitude was evident for visible and invisible noncollinear primes. Our results suggest that configuring can be accomplished in the absence of visual awareness when stimuli are rendered invisible by sandwich masking, but it benefits from visual awareness. Our results also suggest sensitivity to the available grouping cues in unconscious processing.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 101-115 |
Number of pages | 15 |
Journal | Consciousness and Cognition |
Volume | 70 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Apr 2019 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:This research was supported by the Israel Science Foundation (ISF) (grant number 1473/15 ) to Ruth Kimchi. Facilities for conducting the research were provided by the Institute of Information Processing and Decision Making and by the Max Wertheimer Minerva Center for Cognitive Processes and Human Performance, University of Haifa . We thank Mor Leder and Alisa Kanterman for help in running the experiments.
Funding Information:
This research was supported by the Israel Science Foundation (ISF) (grant number 1473/15) to Ruth Kimchi. Facilities for conducting the research were provided by the Institute of Information Processing and Decision Making and by the Max Wertheimer Minerva Center for Cognitive Processes and Human Performance, University of Haifa. We thank Mor Leder and Alisa Kanterman for help in running the experiments.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2019 Elsevier Inc.
Keywords
- CFS
- Configuring
- Perceptual organization
- Visual awareness
- Visual masking
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Experimental and Cognitive Psychology
- Developmental and Educational Psychology